Two mass graves that may hold the remains of up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers have been discovered on the island of Iwo Jima, one of the bloodiest and most iconic battlesites of World War II, Japan's Kyodo news agency said Friday. The areas were listed as enemy cemeteries by the U.S. military after the war. Officials at Japan's health ministry said they recovered 51 bodies, but they could not confirm the potential size of the mass graves. The Feb. 19, 1945, battle claimed 6,821 American and 21,570 Japanese lives. Dozens of remains are recovered every year, but about 12,000 Japanese are still classified as missing in action and presumed killed on the island, along with 218 Americans. Iwo Jima became a rallying point for the United States in the Pacific war after the U.S. flag was raised on the island's highest ground, Mount Suribachi.

Miami

Storm warning in Honduras

A tropical storm warning and hurricane watch were issued Friday for the coast of Honduras as Tropical Storm Richard approached in the Caribbean. Richard's maximum sustained winds are near 45 mph, but it could become a hurricane over the weekend. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Honduras could get three to five inches of rain.

Elsewhere

Mass grave in Slovenia: A Slovenian official in charge of exhumations said a new mass grave containing remains of victims killed by antifascists after World War II has been discovered in a covered-up wartime trench. State-run Radio Slovenija said according to post-war testimonies, it could contain several thousand bodies of soldiers and civilians.

Tibetans protest curbs: Thousands of Tibetan students in western China have protested since Tuesday against proposals to curb or eliminate the use of the Tibetan language in local schools, according to reports from Tibet advocacy groups and photographs and video of the protests circulating on the Internet.